DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,755

CROMPTON CORPORATION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS UNIROYAL CHEMICAL DIVISION
NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on February 4, 2002, in response to a petition filed by the
United Steelworkers of America, Local 218, on behalf of workers at Crompton Corporation,
formerly known as Uniroyal Chemical Division, Naugatuck, Connecticut. Workers produced
various chemical products and are not separable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm reported declining imports in the relevant period.
Results of a Department of Labor survey of major declining customers revealed no
significant import purchases of chemical products in the relevant period.
Crompton Corporation has plans to shift production to several foreign facilities but that
shift has not yet occurred. Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Crompton Corporation, formerly known as Uniroyal Chemical Division, Naugatuck,
Connecticut, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of June, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance